John Underwood (PR adviser)
- John Underwood (PR adviser)
John Underwood is a PR adviser, a director of the Clear consultancy which he founded in 1991 after work as a reporter and presenter for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, including many editions of " After Dark". He was Director of Communications for the British Labour Party from June 1990 to June 1991. [ [http://www.clearco.co.uk/index.php?id=5 Clear: Our Team] ] [ [http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do?contentType=Article&hdAction=lnkhtml&contentId=853471 The learning curve towards New Labour: Neil Kinnock’s corporate party 1983-92] European Journal of Marketing, 1996, Volume: 30, Issue: 10/11]
He hit the news in November 2006 for being behind an "independent" report that recommended the closure of a popular Hampshire hospital, in line with government policy. [ [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23375905-details/Professor+who+backed+Tory+hospital+closure+is+former+Labour+spin+doctor/article.do Professor who backed Tory hospital closure is former Labour spin doctor] ThisIsLondon, Nov 25, 2006] He was again in the news in January 2008 for setting up the mysterious Progressive Policies Forum, an organization with no employees and apparently engaged in no activity other than channelling funds to the election campaign of Peter Hain for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party in 2007. [ [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2239914,00.html 'Think tank' that fuelled Hain's bid] January 13, 2008, The Observer]
External links
* [http://www.clearco.co.uk/ Clear consultancy]
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